Kelly Killoren Bensimon’s Net Worth, Relationship, & Bio – RHONY

After college, Kelly started a job as a model. She posed for magazines such as Elle, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. In addition, she was once the face of Clarins.

Later, Kelly appeared on the cover and in a six-page pictorial in the March 2010 edition of Playboy that was photographed by her ex-husband Gilles Bensimon. In September 2011, she was on the cover of Shape and was featured in a pictorial inspired with her exercise routine.

The American star has also worked as a host for numerous events, including IMG fashion week, and of the IMG swim shows in Miami. Besides, she was a spokesperson in 2006 for Wool as part of their Test Marketing Productions or TMP.

She also hosted and modeled in menswear activities with GQ Magazine. Aside from that, she was also an “ambassador” for Spring 2007 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.

As mentioned earlier, Kelly has had a lot of jewelry collections. Her first line of jewelry was sold exclusively at Barneys New York. In fall of 2007, her second line of jewelry was sold in Bloomingdale’s.

Bensimon also announced her fourth jewelry collection named Kelly by Kelly Killoren Bensimon on June 24, 2010. It included mixed metals, leather, feathers and crystals. The said collection was also sold at Intermix stores across the United States to support Feeding America.

Kelly’s jewelry collection was sold at Wink, W Hotels, and Dash for spring 2011. The famed model also sold a jewelry collection on HSN.

In 2013, Kelly Killoren Bensimon launched a fragrance line, In the Spirit of, and a candle product called Baiser Rose. She also launched an outerwear line named Enville by Pologeorgis in 2019.

Kelly Killoren Bensimon participated in 2009 as a full cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York City.” She also appeared on Bravo’s Odd Mom Out in Episode 9 and Episode 10 of season 2. Aside from that, she was also part of the cast on WEtv’S reality series “Million Dollar Matchmaker.”

The 53-year-old television personality also worked as a writer. She produced three books for Assouline Publishing: In the Spirit of the Hamptons (2 volumes), American Style, and The Bikini Book. In April 2012, her fourth book entitled “I Can Make You Hot” was published by St. Martin’s Press.

Simon & Schuster published Bensimon’s novel, A Dangerous Age in June 2016. In August 2017, she launched the sequel The Second Course, an odyssey about the food world.

Apart from writing books, Kelly also wrote a column in Page Six Magazine called “The Socializer: Kelly Bensimon.” In addition, she was a style columnist for the newspaper AM New York.

Kelly is also the editor at large for Hamptons Magazine, a free weekly with circulation of 40,000 to 50,000 and “Gotham Magazine.” The aforementioned magazines are owned by Niche Media. She became the founding editor of Elle Accessories. However, she left after two issues.

Bensimon joined the Dolly Lens Realty in New York in 2018. That was after she obtained her real estate agent’s license. Then, she moved to the Douglas Elliman real estate group in 2019. Besides, she has also made several appearances on “Million Dollar Listing New York.”